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06-06-2010, 11:18 AM | #1 |
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06-06-2010, 12:27 PM | #5 |
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Gee, what a shocking outcome. Looks like Jarama? Pretty twisty place. Almost 7 sec delta over only two miles, sounds about right. Driver #2 clearly better in the F BMW.
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06-06-2010, 12:50 PM | #8 |
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06-06-2010, 12:51 PM | #9 |
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intersting. think its dakar?
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06-06-2010, 01:55 PM | #12 |
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You sure it's Dakar? Looks a lot brighter. I am not a big fan of Dakar, but this one looks great!
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06-06-2010, 02:00 PM | #13 |
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It must have had the "right brake lamp malfunction error."
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06-06-2010, 02:01 PM | #14 |
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Shocking outcome? Not meaning to be disrespectful, but you are clueless partner... I'm shocked it is not a bigger gap, the tires alone could produce such a big difference on the track times, let alone the weight difference...
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06-06-2010, 04:07 PM | #17 |
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Am I seeing this correct? The M3 has a greater straight line speed by a way and it is on cornering and breaking that the F1 car wins? Or was the F1 racer fooling around on the straight?
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06-06-2010, 04:13 PM | #18 |
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Mate, the formula weights around 450kg. Do you have any idea what it's like cornering/breaking in such a car?
Even accelerating, we have 140bhp for 450kg... Do the maths for the power to weight ratio. +- 3.2 kg per hp for the formula, and 3.75 for the M3 (I don't know the exact weight and didn't check it, just did the maths with 1500kg). |
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06-06-2010, 04:50 PM | #20 |
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I was being sarcastic, I'm not clueless ace. I have quite a bit of single seater experience. Around such a short track, that seems to be about what I would have expected.
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06-06-2010, 05:15 PM | #21 |
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I've driven a formula car similar to this... with 170hp... 30hp more than formula BMW's have, and they both weigh in at about 1000lbs. The one I drove has performance similar to a Corvette ZR1, so it's really no surprise the M3 got dusted, especially in the turns.
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06-06-2010, 05:57 PM | #22 |
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The video is interesting, but the comparison it suggests is tenuous. Much as I like M3, the car is not in the same class as BMW-Sauber F1.09, and the F1.09 is not in the same class as other F1 cars. In the critical season of 2009, BMW-Sauber F1.09 was unsuccessful compared to Brawn-Mercedes, RBR-Renault, or McLaren-Mercedes - BMW-Sauber finished 6th overall. Many people who follow F1 racing thought that the 6th position was a fair achievement for a company who entered into formula racing in 2006. Obviously not all thought so - BMW AG decided to forgo formula racing after 2009, so the video is just an attempt to generate a bit of joy. Formula racing is an extreme sport, and speed is harder to make than joy.
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